We
caudally invite you all to our Third Borgward Drivers Club International
meeting and our first combined with Borgward Club Belgie. The whole
meeting takes place in Kent 75km from Dover and mainland Europe Canterbury
the second part on Sunday being only 30km from the port.

The
timings things do do and other parts are being organised at the moment
but the event will be held at Chatham Dockyard on Saturday 8th June
2019 and in the historic town of Canterbury on the 9th June.

7th
June 2019

Early
arrivals with a group dinner in the evening.

8th
June 2019

Chatham
Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent.
Established in Chatham in the mid-16th century, the dockyard subsequently
expanded into neighbouring Gillingham (at its most extensive, in the
early 20th century, two-thirds of the dockyard lay in Gillingham, one-third
in Chatham). It came into existence at the time when, following the
Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened,
leading to a requirement for additional defences. For 414 years Chatham
Royal Dockyard provided over 500 ships for the Royal Navy, and was at
the forefront of shipbuilding, industrial and architectural technology.
At its height, it employed over 10,000 skilled artisans and covered
400 acres (1.6 km²). Chatham dockyard closed in 1984, and 84 acres
(340,000 m2) of the Georgian dockyard is open for us to see and explore,
from rope making to boarding a submarine.

The
town is 45 minutes from Central London by train

We
will visit the Dockyard during the day and have a group meal in the
evening details to follow.

9th
June 2019

Drive
from the hotel in Chatham to Canterbury a popular tourist destination:
consistently one of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom home
to the primate of the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion.
We are arranging parking close to the city wall.